Lithia Motors Stock Options Expiring on 17th of January 2025

LAD Stock  USD 383.67  7.15  1.90%   
Lithia Motors' latest option contracts expiring on 2025-01-17 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.05 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.18 over 18 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on 2025-01-17. The total put volume is at 11.0, with calls trading at the volume of 11.0. This yields a 1.83 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against 2025-01-17 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Lithia Motors' distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Lithia Motors' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Lithia Motors' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Lithia Motors' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Lithia Motors common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Lithia stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Lithia Motors' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Lithia Motors' Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Common Stock Total Equity is expected to grow to about 1.3 B, whereas Other Stockholder Equity is forecasted to decline to about 45.5 M.

Lithia Motors In The Money Call Balance

When Lithia Motors' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Lithia Motors stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Lithia Motors' options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Lithia Motors are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.

Lithia Current Options Market Mood

Lithia Motors' open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Lithia Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Unfortunately, most Lithia Motors' options investors are not very successful. Lithia Motors' option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Lithia contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Lithia Motors will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.003094% per day over the life of the 2025-01-17 option contract. With Lithia Motors trading at USD 383.67, that is roughly USD 0.0119. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Lithia Motors' daily price movement you should consider buying Lithia Motors options at the current volatility level of 0.0495%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  

Lithia Motors Option Chain

When Lithia Motors' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Lithia Motors stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Lithia Motors' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Lithia. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Lithia. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Lithia Motors against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntExpirationCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 33032025-01-170.0 - 0.050.07In
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 35012025-01-170.0 - 0.038.0In
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 36012025-01-170.0 - 0.036.68In
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 370122025-01-170.0 - 0.021.03In
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 38052025-01-170.0 - 0.015.43In
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 39072025-01-170.0 - 0.016.19Out
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 400162025-01-170.0 - 0.07.5Out
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 410232025-01-170.0 - 0.05.1Out
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 42022025-01-170.0 - 0.05.6Out
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 43032025-01-170.0 - 0.02.91Out
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 51012025-01-170.0 - 0.00.5Out
Call
LAD Option Call 17-01-2025 52082025-01-170.0 - 0.00.4Out
 Put
LAD Option Put 17-01-2025 31012025-01-170.0 - 0.01.27Out
 Put
LAD Option Put 17-01-2025 34032025-01-170.0 - 0.03.43Out
 Put
LAD Option Put 17-01-2025 35012025-01-170.0 - 0.05.5Out
 Put
LAD Option Put 17-01-2025 36022025-01-170.0 - 0.07.2Out
 Put
LAD Option Put 17-01-2025 38032025-01-170.0 - 0.013.25Out
 Put
LAD Option Put 17-01-2025 39052025-01-170.0 - 0.017.4In

Lithia Motors Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Lithia Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

6.52 Billion

At present, Lithia Motors' Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

Lithia Motors Corporate Directors

Shauna McIntyreIndependent DirectorProfile
David RobinoIndependent DirectorProfile
Kenneth RobertsIndependent DirectorProfile
Louis MiramontesLead Independent DirectorProfile
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.17)
Dividend Share
2.09
Earnings Share
29.29
Revenue Per Share
1.3 K
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.114
The market value of Lithia Motors is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Lithia that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Lithia Motors' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Lithia Motors' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Lithia Motors' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Lithia Motors' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Lithia Motors' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Lithia Motors is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Lithia Motors' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.